Hello!

Unfortunately, working with Alv is becoming less possible due to circumstances beyond both of our control. So, in order to continue to bring more of this story to life and share its world with as many people as I can, I have decided to move in another art direction— and it's one I hope will work to the story's benefit!

Alv is finishing up a sprite he's started and then afterward all sprite work will be moved to a new artist!
So, without further ado, I'm very pleased to welcome my good friend Tehngo to the Wayfinder team! 
He will be doing sprite work as well as working on just about all of the CGs being added!

Before continuing on, I have a message to share from Tehngo!

Hi everyone!

I am Tehngo, a little illustrator getting back into the swing of things! Lavan found me amidst other sweaty weirdos, and we've been friends ever since. *VERY* excited to be working on Wayfinder as an artist! Geirolf is my favourite so far, because he is little and small and tiny.

I am working on fixing up my social media for now, and when I'm all set with things, I will start posting some artist devlogs alongside Lavan! Constructive criticism and suggestions are always welcome, and I will do my darndest to provide high quality art for this visual novel!

So far I've just been trying to translate the characters into my style, while not deviating too far from the originals by Alv. These are super messy drafts, but I did what I could! Lavan said I "yassified Geirolf" and that's "a good thing", so I am content. I need to work on Arkyn more, but he'll look better in the CG.

...I forgot to say I am gonna be doing CGs.

I'm doing CGs, haha!

Thank you for having me!

-Tehngo

As mentioned, attached is a rough draft Tehngo did as a point of reference for his work on the CGs. As it stands, the first fully drawn and custom CGs done for Wayfinder will be added in the next Patreon update, which will begin Act 2 of the story and will release to $5 Tier Patrons on or around the 7th of August!

The next set of CGs are to be retroactively added to the current Patreon chapter which should be included in time for its public release on or around the 21st of August here on Itch.io!

As far as the sprite work/rework will go, it will be done throughout the entire next few acts of the story and will take some time. I was originally prepared to use Alv's sprites throughout the story in spite of Tehngo making sprites for all other upcoming and several existing characters, but I honestly believe it would be too jarring to do so. I essentially only plan to keep Alv's human sprites in the game until further notice.

With all of that said, I hope you continue to enjoy Wayfinder and have a great day!

Be safe~

Lavan